Ceetar

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Whatevs on the Yanks. Fred would sell anything if there was some $$ to be made on it. And I'd be fine with it if it got the team a few extra dollars to worry about payroll that much less. The Yanks are experts at selling and marketing nothing. multiple starting lineup sponsorships, a billion 'official sponsors' products, etc. Maybe with the Mets recent success/demand they'll start doing it too.

TransMonk wrote: Ceetar wrote: How do we best maximize David Wright during this stretch? You want him in there all 6 against the Nats, so does that mean he gets Friday AND Sunday off against the Marlins to try to keep him from playing 4 in a row? Or do you just bite the bullet and give him next Wednesday's day game against the Nats off? And Thor? He goes Tuesday and then on pace for Sunday against the Marlins. You gotta find a way to push him back to Monday against the Nats right? If it's me, I go Syndergaard, Harvey, deGrom, Colon, Verrett, spot starter, Syndergaard, Harvey, deGrom during this homestand. That raises the value of your pitching against your prime rival significantly, and it's little tweaks like this that Collins doesn't do that aggravate me more than anything else. It's the Brewers instead of the Marlins over this weekend. Not to look past them, but I'm more comfortable resting guys up vs. Milwaukee than a division rival. wow, I need more coffee. all I saw was the M on the thing. well yeah, same diff to me. Brewers are probably worse, so even easier to get away with it.

Duda will get right. Quick look at his discipline numbers are interesting. he's missing fewer pitches, and making more contact but his overall swing percentage is down. It's like he's choosing the wrong pitches to swing at, but he'll come around and be fine. I'd bet on his BB% going back up the 3% to normal, and his BABIP won't stay as low as .239, that's ridiculous. Never ever sit him for Eric Campbell for one. I think the day off will help more than anything really. Back at home, day off, heightened importance of division games. A lot of being 'better' is maximizing value, and you do that by beating the Nats. How do we best maximize David Wright during this stretch? You want him in there all 6 against the Nats, so does that mean he gets Friday AND Sunday off against the Marlins to try to keep him from playing 4 in a row? Or do you just bite the bullet and give him next Wednesday's day game against the Nats off? And Thor? He goes Tuesday and then on pace for Sunday against the Marlins. You gotta find a way to push him back to Monday against the Nats right? If it's me, I go Syndergaard, Harvey, deGrom, Colon, Verrett, spot starter, Syndergaard, Harvey, deGrom during this homestand. That raises the value of your pitching against your prime rival significantly, and it's little tweaks like this that Collins doesn't do that aggravate me more than anything else.

MFS62 wrote: This is disgraceful: http://nypost.com/2016/05/15/how-yankees-disgracefully-sell-the-national-anthem/ Later oh, Mushnick, I see he's as angry, wrong and rant-y as ever. He missed an easy segue too. After talking about Rosenberg (who it sounds like is a voice of reason on the Michael Kay show?) he went over to the Mets, but surely he could've worked in Rosenberg's wife Alexa Datt in to make the transition?

cooby wrote: Zvon wrote: I hear tell Harvey is dealing. Huh? he begged out of the start and is playing cards with Bobby Bonilla in the dugout.

Just because no one realized runners were getting away with popping off the bag doesn't mean that they shouldn't be overturned. They should. They're out. stay on the bag.

That's not exactly the major leagues. It also only talks about stuff that happens before a runner would even attempt to steal. Once Thor is set, Rivera isn't giving him the "wait wait wait wait..okay throw!" signal. Were he to give a signal, it'd be readable by the offense too.

Edgy MD wrote: We don't really know at all if that had nothing to do with the catcher. I've never heard of a catcher controlling pacing.

Campbell stinks and I don't particularly like him but he's managed a career .320 OBP somehow. I'd rather that and keep the line moving than going with a .280 OBP guy that might pop one occasionally. Not making outs is key.

It's just about completely worthless garbage, but it's not like Thor's numbers are better with Rivera. I mean, he had a 15:1 K/BB rate with d'Arnaud. He was pitching better, of course, that was just true in general. As Ron pointed out last night, Thor was doing things like holding the ball longer. On that nice Walker dive where he got Puig at second, Ron pointed out how Puig was moving the other direction because Syndergaard had held onto the ball a little longer and basically deked Puig into thinking he was going to throw over. That's possibly first and second no outs otherwise and really had nothing to do with the catcher. Thor's next game is Tuesday after a day off, a night game, against division rivals. You can't play Rivera over Plawecki in those three games. You want the bat.

d'Kong76 wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: So when you say you're moving the forum at 7AM, does that really mean 6AM? Or 8AM? You funny man! Didn't I see you one Tues night at the Holiday Inn comedy buffet in Hohokus? There is no Holiday Inn in Hohokus. Perhaps you mean the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn & Tavern?

Edgy MD wrote: Ceetar wrote: I like that Harper isn't afraid to speak his mind, engage in gamemanship, or be fiery. Trump=#00bce7]Harper2016=#00bce7]! Trump doesn't have the impulse restraint to slow-play an outfield single and duke a runner into going for two and then gunning him down.

d'Kong76 wrote: Ceetar wrote: I have no problem with Bryce Harper besides the uniform he wears. Roto happiness or roto envy? The post game nonsense (coming back onto the field, the finger pointing at the ump basically doing the 'take that mutha fuckah') was childish and kinda douchey. I wonder deep down what Dusty really thinks of his young super stud. If he were on a big team like the Mets, I think his doucheality would be getting more negative attention and derision. no, I just don't care about tradition and etiquette and unwritten rules. I like that Harper isn't afraid to speak his mind, engage in gamemanship, or be fiery. If it wasn't Harper someone would be claiming his actions the other day were "standing up for his teammates". 95% of baseball players are douchey anyway.

still annoys me that the movie ended that way.

yeah, looks to be true. can't get the exact result but can check on 'first 12 games' and only 1 Mets debuter is close with 8 wins, 8-2 over his first 10 decisions over 12 games.

Zvon wrote: A fb meme tells me that Matz is the first Mets pitcher in team history to win 9 of his first 10 decisions. Anyone know if this is a fact? Having trouble play-indexing it because I can't look for streaks and exclude no-decisions. I do know there are 6 or so Mets who have started their Mets career with more than the 4 Matz wins.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I see that the Braves are 1 and 15 at home so far this year! they're something like 6th in Wins at Turner Field this season.

I have no problem with Bryce Harper besides the uniform he wears.

Mets – Willets Point wrote: This is more questions than summaries of the Norman Seabrook for COBA ads played constantly during the radio broadcast. First, what exactly is Norman Seabrook "selling" with so many ads during baseball games? Second, are the jails really the toughest precinct? On the one hand, the percentage of actual criminals is higher than anywhere else but on the other hand they are disarmed, behind bars, and under constant surveillance. well, if you recall the first ad from a couple of years ago, he details exactly what these criminals did to you and your family along with the dispatch codes associated with them.

Zvon wrote: So Turner and Thompson, huh? Bastages. I think we should form a class action law suit against MLBtv for advertising the game as "live". I'm like 3 minutes behind the radio. I find that unacceptable. or just move back to the NYC broadcast area?

I wasn't gonna stick this one out, but scored a flat tire coming back from homebrew club and now waiting for AAA because I couldn't get the damn lugnuts off myself so I can put a donut on and get it replaced tomorrow. yay unplanned errands.

Zvon wrote: Zvon wrote: I'm attempting to do the twitter thing too, but how the fuck does one keep up with that? There's dozens of tweets every few minutes. I'd miss the game if I was to read em all. I hear ya. I stay away from the place because I find it overwhelming. I learn stuff real fast there, like the HR earlier and that new record. I see great Mets pics there too. But it is overwhelming and I don't even try to keep up. I pop in for a few minutes and then pull myself away. you're not supposed to keep up. You cultivate your timeline so that it's mostly stuff you want to see, and you pop in and out and see what's going on. If you mostly follow live events type people, like Mets games, certainly moments get away from you. But it's a good way to find out news that you'd want to hear that you wouldn't know to search for. Things like former Mets doing things, or no-hitter alerts, or quick stats like records and pics and gifs. Pop in, read a few moments of tweets, and move on.

Lefty Specialist wrote: I'm guessing the Mets are being paid a Shipload of money. official MLB sponsor.

wasn't paying attention but on Opening Day. Mets weren't doing any DraftKings fun facts, but you see them around otherwise.

Howie Rose wrote: The 1-1. Swing and a drive! to deep left field! it's got a chance, Upton going back, it's going to go, Home. Run. Bartolo Colon! Repeating: Home. Run. Bartolo Colon! The 7 Line Army in right field might tear this ballpark down. Colon carried his bat with him until he was about 10 feet from first base. He's taking the slowest home run trot you've ever seen. He just got to Tim Teuffel the third base coach. He is approaching home plate. He touches home plate with his first major league home run. Aaand they are going to give him the silent treatment in the dugout. They have vacated. The Mets have left the building. Bartolo Colon is the loneliest man in San Diego as he reaches the Mets dugout after hitting a home run and there's no one there to great him. And now here they come up the dugout steps. Wow.